Example sentences of "[conj] it was time for [pron] " in BNC.

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1 I could see that it was time for me to make the tea .
2 We had several until I decided that it was time for me to sit on her lap .
3 I knew when I woke that it was time for me to return .
4 When Iris announced that it was time for them to return , Jack insisted on walking them back .
5 The beeper alarm on Diane 's watch sounded as they were driving back , the signal that it was time for her to go and collect the litterbug Jed from his minder .
6 For all his enjoyment of the work and the companionship of his team the lad was not sorry when the ground covered , about half an acre , showed that it was time for his midday snack .
7 There was once a king who decided that it was time for his son to marry .
8 Although urged by his party to remain , he thought , like a decent democrat , that it was time for someone else to have a go , and he retired at the time of the 1987 General Election .
9 When they 'd covered more or less everything and it was time for her to go , Angelica walked with her to the main door .
10 Then , when the show was over and it was time for everyone to wake up and go home , they opened up the roof — the whole thing rolls back to one side .
11 Mr Eames was just getting up , convinced that juniors and upstarts were usurping the stage and it was time for him to be where the action was , when he was interrupted by the bell .
12 Twelve lengths of the pool and it was time for my aquatone class — which turned out to be aerobics in water .
13 There he was provisioned with every known variety of soft drink , and kept virtually incommunicado until it was time for him to travel to Broadcasting House .
14 ‘ Of course , ’ Fabia replied , and from then until it was time for her to drive Cara to the airport she listened intently to all her sister had to impart .
15 I thought that I had n't chosen to get married at all but that Syl had chosen to marry me , since it was time for him to marry and I offered no threat to the way and integrity of his life and character , and that my mother had chosen to see me wed because I was good for little else .
16 From long experience he knew the hangover would pass before it was time for him to stalk on stage and rebuke Hamlet for grieving overmuch for his father .
17 And he was always up before it was time for her to call him .
18 When it was time for them to go , she rolled up the carpet full of soil and put it in her bedroom .
19 Sarah refused to think about the inevitable separation from Corrie when it was time for her to be returned to the Foundling Hospital .
20 When it was time for her to leave , he walked out into the sun to open the driveway gates .
21 ‘ I 've been very pleased to meet you , ’ Mother said to the old gentleman , when it was time for him to leave .
22 When it was time for me to fire the very pistol , I had to get up from the wireless operator 's seat and had to move my parachute — which was always as close to my feet as possible and instead of lifting it up by the canvas carrying handle , I lifted it up by the metal handle ( the rip cord ) and so had a bundle of silk to get out of the way .
23 ‘ I believed her when she assured me I would meet someone much more suitable when it was time for me to get married . ’
24 eyes on before and when it was time for me to go to bed I would be encouraged not made
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